Kidney Parameters And Body Habitus Among South Eastern Nigerians

Ukoha, U; Asomgha, AL; Anibeze, Cip; Akpuaka, FC; Mgbor, SO; Oranusi, CK

doi:10.4314/tjmr.v11i1.30451

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“…It is also probable that the state of the ultrasound machines (their resolutions in particular) used in the different settings could have affected the measurements. The study, however, did not investigate if racial differences in kidney size reported by some authors played any role in the differences noted between our measurements and those among Caucasians (12,21). Due to the dearth of medical physicists and basic quality assurance kits, quality assurance tests were not carried out on the ultrasound machine before the study commenced.…”

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confidence: 84%